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Handy hint for aphid control our beautiful hybrid clematis has recently come into growth, and straight away I noticed aphids. The bane of our lives. I made a note to buy more spray, then saw this hint on facebook. to control aphids, cut banana peel into smallish pieces (a |
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Putting up new light shades but hole too big. I have purchased some light fitting and the whole to fit onto the lights is too big. I have tried a plastic adapter but these don't work and the fitting then will not screw on. ANy ideas. Thanks |
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Raised vegetable garden, what to plant? My husband is building this for me as we speak. We live in Henderson. What best to plant this weekend? |
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Why wont my Rhubarb grow.? We live up in north auckland |
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Wilting potten plant – help please! I have a potted plant at work and the leaves seems to be wilting the past few days I watered the plant once every 3 days, but not too much. I water them only when I feel that the soil is dry. What can I do to get it back up again? |
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Lawn fertiliser I've just applied some Dalton's Premium Lawn Fertiliser to my lawn. Does this need to be watered in? It doesn't say on the bag itself. |
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Wind up adjustable clothsline how do you make it lower. Can you pull the winder bit apart and cut a length say 150mm off one of the pipe lengths and put back together. Old lady cant reach up anymore. Any other options/ideas? |
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Tomatoe Growing Tip I read recently that planting a rotten banana under each Tom plant will produce a better crop, so have followed the advice with my ten plants. So far they appear to look very healthy. |
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Can anyone ID this plant for me please A customer came in with this plant photo for me to ID, and i could nt help her - never seen her before. TIA https://trademe |
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Killing wasps. I see that wasps are nesting now and alot of queens flying around. Whats the best bait to use to kill or trap them? I believe that you mix cat food with frontline flea treatment and it works well. Has anyone tried this? |
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Feeding tomatoes Those of you who feed their tomatoes with liquid fertiliser, do you also apply the fertiliser to the foliage as well as around the base of the plant? It says in the directions on the bottle that this can be done ( not in direct sunlight though ). I've nev... |
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Smilax and rust Smilax (Asparagus asparagoides) is one of the 10 worst weeds in NZ. Smilax rust (Puccinia mysiphylli) infects Asparagus asparagoides, like this: |
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Is there a tool for finding live wires behind Gib? im being told no such thing exists but i find that very hard to believe |
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Sparkies help hey ,replacing an old range/oven with a new one ,does it need a plug and socket ? or is fixed wired legal ? |
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Help. edges full of weeds what is a long term solution to weed control, we have a silly kerb all down our 15m drive, and lots of cracks, well the 2nd pic shows the worst one, which goes across our drive, i thought maybe a bag of concrete and fill it, |
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When to lift bulbs? They've almost finished flowering now, so when can I take them out of the garden? Do I have to wait until all the foliage has died off and gone brown? Mainly spraxia & ixia which I no longer want. The bluebells and snowdrops I'll move. |
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How to keep birds of newly planted vegetable garde I just spotted that one had pulled out the lettuce plants, I cant cover the area, how else can I discourage them from feeding on my pride and joy? |
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Stilh or husqvarna Which one makes the best hedge trimmer from your experience? Stilh has a special for the HS45 trimmer (600mm bar) for $474. I looked at some reviews and a lot of people have had problems with this model so was thinking maybe Husqvarna instead? |
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Bluegum sawdust & mulch sawdust leaches nitrogen from soil and everything turns yellow between veins on leaves;;;would compost/soak it for a few years if going to grow. Would be ok to mulch paths |
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Curly Leaf. on my 3 variety grafted tree. It is only 2 years in the ground and I did spray it with copper 1 week BEFORE what I thought would be bud burst. As it turned out, it was another week before that happened and I could not respray due to rain all darned week! ... |
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Graphite gland seal replacement for taps Im reconditioning some taps and want to replace the old leaky gland seals. Where do you get the graphite string to wrap round the shaft? No one seems to stock the stuff. |
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Anyone grown tomatoes upside down? I see on the tui website you can grow tomatoes - small and cherry ones up side down in a 10L bucket. I am just trying to think how l can "hang it up" since it will be heavy. |
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Repainting side of house We've been getting quotes to repaint one side of our house. It's a single story weatherboard wall, originally built in the 1940s. One quote is about $2000 and another $8000. Big difference! So I've been trying to work out why one is so high higher t |
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Can anyone tell me. what this is called. I've had a look online and there are similar things but without the sludge on the leaves or the "pinchers" on the end of the leaves. |
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Strawberry Tower I'm making a tower to grow strawberries in. Online it says to line container with sacking, as I don't have any, would a black plastic rubbish bag be alright to line it with? |
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